On December 16, 2013, the SEC filed a complaint against Leon Ali Parvizian and his two companies, Arcturus Corporation and Aschere Energy LLC, alleging that they fraudulently offered and sold securities "in the form of interests in oil and gas joint ventures." Also, promoters Alfredo Gonzalez, AMG Energy, LLC , Robert Balunas, and R. Thomas […]

On December 16, 2013, the SEC filed a complaint against Leon Ali Parvizian and his two companies, Arcturus Corporation and Aschere Energy LLC, alleging that they fraudulently offered and sold securities "in the form of interests in oil and gas joint ventures." Also, promoters Alfredo Gonzalez, AMG Energy, LLC , Robert Balunas, and R. Thomas […]

In a February 17th., 2012, article for InvestmentNews.com, Bruce Kelly writes that a broker formally affiliated with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, Berthel Fisher & Co. Financial Services Inc. and LPL Financial LLC was arrested in Oregon this month for allegedly stealing $584,000 from three investors. The now ex-broker, James Scott McKee, was charged Feb. 9 […]